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SEATTLE: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled a new smartphone called Fire Phone.It’s smaller than leading Android phone, but larger than Apple’s iPhone. Bezos calls the screen, measuring 4.7 inches diagonally, ideal for one-handed use.Bezos opened the event by talking about its $99-a-year Prime membership. It began with free shipping but has expanded to include free video streaming, e-book lending and more. Viewing Prime content is expected to be a component in the new phone.Bezos then talked about advances in Amazon’s hardware. He says early devices got mixed reviews, but the gadgets have improved since then. He says research has shown Amazon’s brand to be strong.Here’s what’s coming out of the event at Seattle’s Fremont Studios, about a 10-minute drive north of the company’s headquartersPECS AND FEATURES:— The phone has a screen that measures 4.7 inches diagonally. That’s larger than current iPhones, but smaller than leading Android phones. Bezos says the size was chosen to be ideal for one-handed use.— Bezos touts the camera on the new phone. He says it has image stabilization to counteract shaking as people take shots. Amazon is offering unlimited free storage on its Cloud Drive service.— The phone will come with earbuds that have flat cords and magnets to clasp them together, so tangled cords will be history.— Media reports point to a smartphone that might have multiple cameras to produce 3-D images. It wouldn’t be the first 3-D phone, but it would set it apart from leading phones such as Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S5.— Some analysts speculate that the 3-D feature might tie into an Amazon shopping app. Shoppers might be able to use the phone to take a 3-D picture of a product in a store, then search for the object on Amazon and buy it online.— Amazon’s Kindle tablets run a highly modified version of Google’s Android system, and it’s likely an Amazon phone would do the same. That means apps for the phone would be limited to what’s available through Amazon’s own app store. The store has grown to include more than 240,000 apps, but there’s much more for Android and Apple devices.AVAILABILITY:— The Wall Street Journal has reported that AT T will be the exclusive carrier for the new phone. If that’s true, it would be a similar approach to what Apple took when it unveiled its first iPhone in 2007. AT T had exclusive rights to the iPhone in the US until 2011, when Verizon and eventually others got it, too.— Analysts say the phone might come with a data plan that could let owners use Amazon services without using up any data.NOT A FIRST:— Facebook once tried to release a phone tied to its services. The HTC First, released in April 2013, came with Facebook’s Home software, which takes over the phone’s front screen to present status updates, messages and other content. Both the phone and the software flopped.— Google also has its own phones under the Nexus brand, mostly to showcase its Android operating system. Google makes Android available for free for any phone manufacturer to use and modify. That makes it difficult to know what’s really Android and what’s a modification.THE BACKDROP:— Amazon.com Inc. got its start in books and soon moved into music, video, devices and more. Analysts believe the goal of an Amazon-branded smartphone is to get customers to buy more things from the nation’s largest e-commerce company. The device might include an Amazon shopping app or other features tied to the company’s products and services.— Competing won’t be easy. Amazon is arriving late to a tightly contested marketplace. Samsung and Apple dominate worldwide smartphone sales with a combined 46 percent share, according to IDC. 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